Where is your favorite place to write lyrics? Does that context ever inform the subject matter?

Randomly, either on the toilet or in the shower, maybe it has something to do with me being a Pisces and my connection to water. And honestly it doesn’t but it depends on what mood I’m in. I either have to be really really angry at someone or really sad, there’s no in-between. When I’m mad, I just wanna talk shit and I’ll say some crazy below-the-belt shit, and when I’m sad I always end up writing something really beautiful and profound, but the sad music hasn’t come out yet—stay tuned for that 2026. #vulnerabilty

Can you remember the first lyrics you ever wrote?

I think it was when I was in middle school in Lusaka, Zambia. I don’t remember the words but it was something super corny and sappy, although I remember writing a rap to the beat of “The Pinkprint Freestyle” by Nicki Minaj when I was 18 living in Crenshaw with this porn star I met through someone on Grindr. She would go shoot porn in Florida and her boyfriend and his friends were always there making music, so I started writing and I freestyled for them and they were like, Yo that’s hard, you kinda sound like Lil Kim. (I did not.)

What does the dream Deevious concert situation look like? Who is opening? What is the stage set?

The crowd would be half gays—half opium trade and some dolls in between. Madison Square Garden, sexy gay back-up dancers, crazy visuals, strobe lights, smoke machines. Definitely would need ali rq opening and DJing for me and have Muva, House of La Dosha come out to perform "Rollin" and "Black Model Famous.” And it would be a Pretty But Wicked production—shout out to Sammie Pearson she is the goat.

What is the most inspiring thing about being in the club?

I’m not inspired by being in the club, I get inspired by getting lost in Griffith Park alone with my thoughts lol but really though, I actually learned a lot about self-acceptance by immersing myself in queer nightlife. I used to be so ashamed of my trans identity in high school, I stopped singing and making music after my opera teacher told me she didn’t want to see me sing in a dress. After high school I ditched college and went straight to the gay clubs and cultivated a community of amazing gay men and transexuals who helped shape my identity and have changed my life ever since—they taught me how to love myself, before that I always thought that being a doll was a burden and that I was freak, but whenever I walked in the club they were like, “Girl you’re sickening.” The queer club scene inspired me to realize how special I was along—thank you to the Dolls and the gays, too.

Related: How is the LA club scene feeling currently? What are you excited about?

The LA club scene has not been fab for a while tbh, like maybe it's fab if you’re 17 with a fake ID going to Poppy for the first time lol. The underground “straight” LA club vibe is all just bars now, very sceney and cliquey—a lot of the same people, everyone is so segregated, that’s why I have a lyric in “FAKE ASS DOLL” where I say, “I’m miss fuck a scene bitches say I’m really mean.” I've always been the type to jump from clique to clique—I like a little bit of everything—but that’s what I love about New York nightlife is it’s always a different vibe and the scenes intermix, you’ll be kiii-ng with a straight guy who works in finance at a circuit party where gay guys are getting fisted on the dance floor to a transexual DJ. In LA, people from the Westside don’t even hang out with people from the Eastside lol.

What are your hopes and dreams for 2026?

To finish my damn album! To release visuals! Build my fanbase and be more vulnerable with my music and release more songs where I'm singing. I have some tracks with Ali RQ, Umbra Abra, Pilo, DJ Thank You, and Shigecki coming out that I can’t wait to share with the world. Also MORE BOOKINGS please! Pay me and fly me out to your city BRAZIL, Japan, New York to Miami … no bras no panties. (RIP SOPHIE—the goat.)

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